Just Remember
I keep some things
just for me
close to my heart.
Does this make me
selfish or self-preserving?
I want to be loving and giving,
but I have found that others
will take and take and take
until there is nothing left,
and you wonder
who you are.
Somebody’s daughter?
Somebody’s wife?
Somebody’s mother?
Not someone promoting anarchy.
For isn’t that what a world
with no countries would be?
Then nobody would care who
crossed which borders and
it wouldn’t be illegal to better
yourself and your family.
Ideally, everyone here is free to be
who they are, members of humanity
made from shining stars with space
to expand exponentially.
In this world, everyone is
safe, fed, secure, and happy.
People don’t own possessions, property,
or each other. No barriers separate you
from me; ours is this planet, this universe:
its beauty, its expansiveness, its heartbreak.
When your love is gone, never to return,
wouldn’t you give everything to have it back?
What good is money then or when
the breath leaves our bodies?
With closed fists we try to hold what isn’t ours.
Time takes it—always. Even the most beautiful
lose their value until they are no longer wanted.
And we can’t remember why
our toys were so important once
we have outgrown them. As universal
elements, we are growing, expanding
and moving onward until we return
to the great unknown we have forgotten.
We’re afraid to leave these bodies
because we don’t remember
the other world and how
it looks or sounds or tastes.
But we can feel its heartbeat,
so we cry for the unborn baby
whose rhythm is wild horses galloping,
oblivious to one day being
caught and tamed, shackled by those
who want control and for others to do
their bidding. They tame us in the name
of protecting us from our own good.
But remember,
you can always keep
some things just for you
close to your heart
to preserve the special
essence of you.
Joke: If age is only in the mind, my mirror must be playing tricks on me.
Quote: “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. - Frank Borman
Advice: Keep some things just for yourself to treasure because they are the essence of who you are.